911 Briefs -- Published Aug. 27, 2007

Monday

Aug 27, 2007 at 12:01 AM

A small grass fire on the west side of I-5 just north of Benjamin Holt exit spread to a private residence on the 6900 block of Allegheny Court around 3:50 p.m. and caused minor damage to a fence and a freestanding garage.

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A small grass fire on the west side of I-5 just north of Benjamin Holt exit spread to a private residence on the 6900 block of Allegheny Court around 3:50 p.m. and caused minor damage to a fence and a freestanding garage.

No one was injured, and Stockton fire Battalion Chief Bryan Florence was not sure if the house's residents were home at the time.

The fire spread from the grass at the side of the highway to the home's fence, causing minor damage, and then to the side and roof of a garage, where it left minor smoke damage.

Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in about 10 minutes, Florence said.

A 40-year-old woman and 5-year-old boy from Stockton suffered major injuries and head trauma on Interstate 5 at Downing Avenue at 11:25 a.m. on Sunday when another vehicle rear-ended the Nissan in which they were passengers, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A 70-year-old woman from La Crescenta tried to slow her 2006 Kia when she saw the southbound traffic around her slowing down.

Her brakes did not respond, so she tried to exit the highway and hit a 2006 Nissan with three passengers.

The Nissan overturned down the dirt embankment of the offramp while the Kia hit a tree and stopped.

The drivers of the Kia and the Nissan suffered minor injuries.

The woman passenger was transported to the San Joaquin County Hospital and the child to the Oakland Children's Hospital, according to CHP reports.

The Kia will undergo a mechanical inspection to determine what happened with the brakes.